Reports of French fighters joining up with the pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk:
From RFE/RL's Russian Service, wrapping up what we know so far about Poroshenko's reported intention to dissolve the Ukrainian parliament in the coming days:
A Ukrainian presidential aide says President Petro Poroshenko will likely sign a decree to dissolve the country's parliament -- the Verkhovna Rada -- next week.
Presidential adviser Oleh Medvedev told RFE/RL that a 30-day deadline to create a new coalition is about to expire and "the Ukrainian president has lawful grounds to dissolve the parliament."
Medvedev did not specify the precise date. But in a tweet sent out on August 21, press secretary Svyatoslav Tseholko said Poroshenko could dissolve parliament as early as August 24.
The UDAR and Svoboda parliamentary factions announced in parliament on July 24 that they were quitting the coalition.
If deputies do not form a new coalition by the end of August, according to the constitution, the president can dissolve the parliament and announce early parliamentary elections.
Russia's ban on many Western food imports has driven up prices in the country's grocery stores. But not all Muscovites are concerned; some haven't noticed, and some think Russia can easily weather the economic storm. RFE/RL's Tom Balmforth asked Moscow residents whether the sanctions have affected their shopping habits, and what impact they expect in the longer term.
Note: This is a Ukrainian city, so it's not *that* remarkable.